WSA award finalists announced

The WSA has announced the finalists for its 13th annual Industry Achievement Awards, with the winners to be announced Feb. 7 at the Westin Hotel in downtown Seattle. The keynote will be delivered by Suzie Reider, chief marketing officer at YouTube.

Now, as some readers have pointed out in the past, you can take award ceremonies such as these with a grain of salt.

As I did last year, I will attempt to predict the winners. I got four of six correct last year, so we will see if I can improve on that.

Here are the finalists:

Breakthrough Technology of the Year: Next IT, Travelling Wave Inc. and Zumobi

Business Product of the Year: BioPassword Inc., Tableau Software and Formotus, Inc.

Consumer Product or Service of the Year: Picnik.com, Redfin and Yapta Inc.

Service Provider of the Year: Slalom Consulting, GrapeCity Inc. and Ramp Group